Apollo Computer announces sale date for the second batch of Apollo A6000 Amiga-compatible computers

Apollo Computer is readying a second batch of forty Apollo A6000 Amiga-compatible computers for sale on October 13 at 10:00 AM Central European Time (CET). The second batch is expected to sell for the same price as the first batch at an MSRP of €960 (~$1,120) and will be delivered by November 30, 2025. An additional twenty units will be available for purchase at the Apollo booth at the Amiga 40 event held in Mönchengladbach, Germany from October 17 to 19.

The Amiga was a line of computers produced by Commodore from 1985 until 1994. These models were released following the success of their best-selling Commodore 64 home computers. Third party companies such as Apollo Computer released upgrade boards for the original Amigas, speeding up performance while adding modern features.

Apollo Computer had already created the Apollo Standalone V4+ stand-alone mini-computer based on their Amiga upgrade board technology, and their latest Apollo A6000 leverages this by putting it into an Amiga 600-like all-in-one case. The built-in mechanical keyboard uses Cherry MX switches beneath injection molded keycaps. The case includes several modern features, such as four USB-A ports, an Ethernet port, and two SD card slots. The system runs Apollo OS, an AmigaOS 3.1 API-compatible operating system, on 2 GB of fast RAM, 12 GB of chip RAM, and 128 GB of storage. These specs are more than ample for this lightweight operating system.

Following Commodore's bankruptcy, Cloanto eventually acquired the Amiga title, trademark, and rights, releasing Amiga Forever, an official emulator for modern Windows PCs. Hyperion Entertainment acquired the rights to further develop the Amiga OS, which in its latest 4.1 version runs on newer PowerPC systems such as the A-EON X5000. Open-source developers created AROS, an Amiga-compatible operating system on which Apollo OS is based.

Readers who can't wait for the A6000 can try the A500 Mini on Amazon, an emulator of the original Amiga.